Caring for a Three Legged Dog or Cat

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Please don't look at the room.  Hospital ward is messy but comfy.   It was so cute I had to share.  If you have Amazon Prime,  these pet videos are free to watch.  Back in the day they were exclusive and pricy.  I was shocked when i found them!! Put on my playlist and the boys watched on and off all day long.  If you haven't found them,  look them up. If you have problems let me know and I'll try to help you find them 

Big hugs,

Huckleberry,  Jackie,  and David 

Day 9

Huckleberry is doing really well 🙂  After the Kitty T.V. party, we decided to try leaving the bedroom door open for him for the rest of the evening. When I woke up this morning he was curled in his box ( I don't understand why he won't lay in it if I place something soft in it ... ) all comfy cozy. He got up, stretched, and came purring over to me.  Andy visits regularly, I am so glad they all seem to be getting along well. Huck has one dose of pain meds left. It will be interesting to see how he is tomorrow. I hope he makes the transition ok. If not, I will talk to the doctor on Monday when we go in for suture removal, 2 days left! His incision looks really good, looks like everything is healing well

Jackie, David, and Huckleberry 

The vet isn't open now but I have the one dose left and some gaba capsules left.  I am saving that last dose for this afternoon,  wondering if I should give him that gaba first and then the last dose a little later.  If I thought I could get my finger in his mouth I am tempted to just butter the capsule instead of trying to get him to eat that bitter medicine doctored up in something I know he won't touch once he tasted it. Another thought is to try and mix the powder with something sweet instead of fishy.  I ended up having to give him his antibiotic by syringe.  When I went back upstairs he had eaten everything except for the part that had the meds in it.  He was good though.  I waited till he was laying with his back to me and slipped it in the side of his mouth and he never complained. Just weighing out my options here,  I always give my cats meds like you do.  Sit like an Indian and butt them up to me.  Not enough room to do that with him. 

I'll wait an hour or so and give him his last syringe of pain meds.  Hopefully he will be over sulking by then 

If it isn't one thing it's another isn't it?  I went up to spend time with Huckleberry later yesterday when he woke up. When he stopped running to his litter box I realized that he had not used it at all yesterday, sigh. His belly was a little swollen, and he did not seem too happy about it.  He has been going regularly so I had honestly not been too worried about him getting constipated. One of these meds seems to be the cause though, it seems to me. So we spent a great deal of time cuddling and mama massaged his belly.  Gave him some Miralax, belly rubs, warm food, more belly rubs. I grabbed up a pillow and we just hung out cuddling and mama massaging him. This morning I had a happier kitty, a dirty box, and his belly was not all swollen. It just seems like everything you have one thing beat then another thing comes up from behind to challenge you.  One more day till the staples come out, I am anxiously awaiting. I will keep him on Miralax for a few days at least, and see how he does today without the buprenorphine. Will give him some gaba a little later and see how that goes. This morning I have a hoppy kitty 

Oh... and Huckleberry is starting to play with toys! I know that sounds silly but after being an all so serious feral outdoor kitty this is a big step for him. He has the biggest boy paws! I swear he uses them like hands and this morning he grabbed one of his toys in those big paws and actually started to play with it just because ..